If you're working on a project that requires a version of PHP higher than the versions that MAMP comes with, you can easily add additional verions.
My version of MAMP came installed with PHP 7.4.21 and 8.0.8. I'm attempting to use MAMP to host a Laravel application which requires at least PHP 8.1.
The version of PHP MAMP uses is often different than the version you have installed. I have installed PHP using Brew. I'm currently running PHP 8.1.8. If you want to check your installed version of PHP, use the terminal and run the following command:
php --version
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First we need to copy the installed PHP files to MAMP. Using Finder, navigate to
/usr/local/Cellar/php
and you should find a folder named after the installed version of PHP. For me it was8.1.8
. Copy this folder. -
Navigate to the folder that MAMP stores PHP versions. For me this was
/Applications/MAMP/bin/php
. Paste this folder here. -
Rename this folder to
php8.1.8
(use your PHP version number). -
Next we need the PHP modile file. Navigate to
/usr/local/lib/httpd
and copy themodules
folder. Inside this folder is the PHP module file nameslibphp.so
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Navigate to
/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php8.1.8
and paste the modules folder. -
Close and restart MAMP.
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Choose PHP 8.1.8 from the frop down and you should be good to go!
I have a video walk-through on YouTube!
Thanks for writing the article and making the video. It's the best video for changing the version of PHP in MAMP.
I followed step by step and can see in phpmyinfo of MAMP that 8.2.1 of PHP is installed and running, but in the MAMP UI dropdown, it doesn't show the new version. Also, phpmyadmin stopped working after changing to the new PHP version.
I download MAMP version 6.7 which has PHP 8.2.0 installed. In the future, I will consider using Docker for PHP.